Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 8.6.24
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त त्यदा॒श्वश्व्यं॒ यदि॑न्द्र॒ नाहु॑षी॒ष्वा । अग्रे॑ वि॒क्षु प्र॒दीद॑यत् ॥
उत त्यदाश्वश्व्यं यदिन्द्र नाहुषीष्वा । अग्रे विक्षु प्रदीदयत् ॥
uta tyad āśvaśvyaṃ yad indra nāhuṣīṣv ā | agre vikṣu pradīdayat ||
English translation:
“May that herd of swift horses, which formerly shone among the people of nahuṣa, (be granted), Indra,to us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । त्यत् । आ॒शु॒ऽअश्व्य॑म् । यत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । नाहु॑षीषु । आ । अग्रे॑ । वि॒क्षु । प्र॒ऽदीद॑यत् ॥
उत । त्यत् । आशुअश्व्यम् । यत् । इन्द्र । नाहुषीषु । आ । अग्रे । विक्षु । प्रदीदयत् ॥
uta | tyat | āśu-aśvyam | yat | indra | nāhuṣīṣu | ā | agre | vikṣu | pra-dīdayat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.24 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“that.”
[noun]
“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[noun], locative, plural
“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)